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Quilt of Heroes Internet Resources

2015-01-17

Quilt of Heroes Internet Resource Links ( Download a .pdf of links here: QuiltOfHeroesInternetResources )

Also there is Quilt of Heroes afterschool open library time!
January 20th – February 24th
T/W/Th/F from 2:50-3:50 pm (with caregiver)

Ella Baker

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights:

http://ellabakercenter.org/about/who-‐was-‐ella-‐baker

Josephine Baker

http://www.biography.com/people/josephine-‐baker-‐9195959

Daisy Bates

http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/daisy-‐bates/film.html

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/05/us/daisy-‐bates-‐civil-‐rights-‐leader-‐dies-‐at-‐

84.html?smid=pl-‐share

Mary McLeod Bethune

https://www.nwhm.org/education-‐resources/biography/biographies/mary-‐mcleod-‐

bethune/

Gwendolyn Brooks

http://www.poetryoutloud.org/poet/gwendolyn-‐brooks

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/gwendolyn-‐brooks

Shirley Chisholm

http://www.history.com/topics/shirley-‐chisholm

http://archive.adl.org/education/chisholm_bio.pdf

Septima Clark

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/119967/Septima-‐Poinsette-‐Clark

Anna Julia Cooper

http://cooperproject.org/about-‐anna-‐julia-‐cooper/

Marian Wright Edelman

http://learningtogive.org/papers/paper94.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/marian-‐wright-‐edelman-‐marks-‐40-‐years-‐

of-‐advocacy-‐at-‐childrens-‐defense-‐fund/2013/09/29/f0abc816-‐279b-‐11e3-‐b3e9-‐

d97fb087acd6_story.html

http://www.makers.com/marian-‐wright-‐edelman

Lorraine Hansberry

http://socialjustice.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/index.php/Biography_of_an_Intellectual

Fannie Lou Hamer

http://www.howard.edu/library/reference/guides/hamer/

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/iml04.soc.ush.civil.hamer/fannie-‐lou-‐hamer/

Dorothy Irene Height

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/us/21height.html?_r=0

http://spartacus-‐educational.com/USAheight.htm

Claudia Jones

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/timeline/claudia_jones.shtml

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/jones-‐claudia-‐1915-‐1964

http://peoplesworld.org/life-‐and-‐times-‐of-‐claudia-‐jones-‐telling-‐herstory/

Flo Kennedy

http://www.notablebiographies.com/supp/Supplement-‐Ka-‐M/Kennedy-‐Florynce.html

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/10/guardianobituaries1

Audre Lorde

http://www.biography.com/people/audre-‐lorde-‐214108

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/audre-‐lorde#about

Pauli Murray

http://paulimurrayproject.org/pauli-‐murray/biography/

http://kids.britannica.com/comptons/article-‐9490085/Pauli-‐Murray

Diane Nash

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/diane-‐nash

http://www.makers.com/diane-‐nash

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/26/nashville-‐civil-‐rights-‐diane-‐

nash/2023301/

Rosa Parks

http://www.rosaparks.org/biography/

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/remembering-‐rosa-‐parks/77091

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/rosa-‐parks/

http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/par0gal-‐1%20

http://www.makers.com/blog/day-‐1955-‐rosa-‐parks-‐arrested-‐beverly-‐guy-‐sheftall-‐shares-‐

what-‐you-‐may-‐not-‐know-‐about-‐her

Gloria Richardson

http://www.biography.com/people/gloria-‐richardson-‐21442461

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/27/civil_rights_pioneer_gloria_richardson_91

JoAnn Robinson

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-‐3124

http://www.anb.org/articles/09/09-‐01128.html

Barbara Smith Conrad

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/arts/television/08rise.html

http://video.pbs.org/video/1435210705/

Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/512334/Josephine-‐St-‐Pierre-‐Ruffin

http://www.blackpast.org/1895-‐josephine-‐st-‐pierre-‐ruffin-‐address-‐first-‐national-‐

conference-‐colored-‐women

Nina Simone

http://www.biography.com/people/nina-‐simone-‐9484532#civil-‐rights-‐singer

Interviews | Documentaries -‐ http://www.ninasimone.com/media/video/#gtab-‐7

Maria Stewart

http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/maria-‐w-‐stewart-‐early-‐abolitionist

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/slaveryto1863/a/Maria-‐W-‐Stewart.htm

Mary Church Terrell

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/588243/Mary-‐Eliza-‐Church-‐Terrell

Sojourner Truth

http://www.sojournertruth.org/Library/Archive/LegacyOfFaith.htm

Harriet Tubman

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/harriet-‐tubman/

http://www.pbs.org/black-‐culture/explore/harriet-‐tubman/#.VLmHqMbzdOo

http://www.brainpop.com/educators/community/bp-‐jr-‐topic/harriet-‐tubman/

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wells.html

http://www.biography.com/people/ida-‐b-‐wells-‐9527635

Amy Ashwood

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/garvey-‐amy-‐ashwood-‐1897-‐1969

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/garvey/peopleevents/p_ashwood.html

W.E.B. Du Bois

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/w-‐e-‐b-‐du-‐bois

http://www.biography.com/people/web-‐du-‐bois-‐9279924

A. Philip Randolph

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_randolph.html

http://www.biography.com/people/a-‐philip-‐randolph-‐9451623

Paul Robeson

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/paul-‐robeson/about-‐the-‐

actor/66/

http://www.biography.com/people/paul-‐robeson-‐9460451#star-‐athlete-‐and-‐academic

Jackie Robinson

http://www.kidsdiscover.com/shop/issues/jackie-‐robinson-‐for-‐kids/

http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/facts.html

Thurgood Marshall

http://www.biography.com/people/thurgood-‐marshall-‐9400241

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/supremecourt/rights/robes_marshall.html

Bayard Rustin

http://rustin.org/?page_id=2

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-‐americans-‐many-‐rivers-‐to-‐cross/history/100-‐amazing-‐

facts/who-‐designed-‐the-‐march-‐on-‐washington/

http://spartacus-‐educational.com/USArustin.htm

Fred Shuttlesworth

http://www.npr.org/2011/10/05/141083711/rev-‐fred-‐shuttlesworth-‐civil-‐rights-‐

pioneer-‐dies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqSABP7OY7U

Malcolm X

http://www.malcolmx.com/about/bio.html

http://www.biography.com/people/malcolm-‐x-‐9396195

The Reverend Jesse Jackson

http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-‐jackson-‐9351181

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/jesse-‐jackson

John Lewis

https://johnlewis.house.gov/john-‐lewis/biography

Muhammad Ali

http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad-‐ali-‐9181165

http://mrnussbaum.com/athletes/muhammed_ali/

Frederick Douglass

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/frederickdouglass1.htm

Hank Aaron

http://www.biography.com/people/hank-‐aaron-‐9173497

Marcus Garvey

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/marcus-‐garvey

http://www.biography.com/people/marcus-‐garvey-‐9307319

Vernon Johns

http://www.biography.com/people/vernon-‐johns-‐21402221

Harry Belafonte

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/us/harry-‐belafonte-‐fast-‐facts/index.html

http://www.biography.com/people/harry-‐belafonte-‐12103211

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/P/POWELL,-‐Adam-‐Clayton,-‐Jr-‐-‐(P000477)/

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/473225/Adam-‐Clayton-‐Powell-‐Jr

Augusta Savage

http://www.biography.com/people/augusta-‐savage-‐40495#profile

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=4269

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/savage-‐augusta-‐1892-‐1962

Tuskegee Airmen

http://tuskegeeairmennationalmuseum.org

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=1356

http://www.redtail.org

Crispus Attucks

http://www.biography.com/people/crispus-‐attucks-‐9191864

http://crispusattucks.org/about/who-‐was-‐crispus-‐attucks

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p24.html

Madame Walker

http://www.biography.com/people/madam-‐cj-‐walker-‐9522174

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-‐americans-‐many-‐rivers-‐to-‐cross/history/100-‐amazing-‐

facts/madam-‐walker-‐the-‐first-‐black-‐american-‐woman-‐to-‐be-‐a-‐self-‐made-‐millionaire/

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/madame-‐c-‐j-‐walker

John Carlos & Tommie Smith

http://life.time.com/culture/black-‐power-‐salute-‐tommie-‐smith-‐and-‐john-‐carlos-‐at-‐the-‐

1968-‐olympics/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-‐places/olympic-‐athletes-‐who-‐took-‐a-‐stand-‐

593920/?no-‐ist

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/17/newsid_3535000/353534

8.stm

George Washington Carver

http://www.biography.com/people/george-‐washington-‐carver-‐9240299

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/george-‐washington-‐carver

http://www.nps.gov/gwca/index.htm

Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee

http://www.kennedy-‐center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=12124

http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-‐dee-‐9269542#early-‐life-‐and-‐career

http://www.biography.com/people/ossie-‐davis-‐9268149

http://www.visionaryproject.com/davisossie/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/ruby-‐dee-‐actress-‐and-‐civil-‐

rights-‐activist-‐dies-‐at-‐89/2014/06/12/d4c3e4d2-‐f250-‐11e3-‐9ebc-‐

2ee6f81ed217_story.html

http://newsone.com/3019067/ruby-‐dee-‐wiki/

Ntozake Shange

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/ntozake-‐shange

http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poet/ntozake-‐shange

http://msmagazine.com/blog/2010/10/28/10-‐things-‐to-‐know-‐about-‐ntozake-‐shange-‐

and-‐for-‐colored-‐girls/

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/11/08/color-‐vision

Jesse Owens

http://www.jesseowens.com

http://www.biography.com/people/jesse-‐owens-‐9431142

http://www.jesse-‐owens.org/about1.html

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/summer-‐olympics-‐jesse-‐owens.html

Ruby Bridges

http://www.rubybridges.com

http://www.biography.com/people/ruby-‐bridges-‐475426

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/history/spotlight.html

http://rubybridgesfoundation.org

http://nwhm.org/education-‐resources/biography/biographies/ruby-‐bridges/

E.D. Nixon

http://www.biography.com/people/ed-‐nixon-‐21308863

http://www.montgomeryboycott.com/edgar-‐daniel-‐e-‐d-‐nixon/

http://www.blackpast.org/aah/nixon-‐e-‐d-‐nixon-‐1899-‐1987

http://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/27/obituaries/ed-‐nixon-‐leader-‐in-‐civil-‐rights-‐

dies.html

http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-‐1355

Floyd McKissick

http://www.core-‐online.org/History/mckissick.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/floyd-‐b-‐mckissick-‐9393322

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/30/obituaries/floyd-‐mckissick-‐civil-‐rights-‐maverick-‐

dies-‐at-‐69.html

http://mlk-‐

kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_mckissick_floyd_bixler_19

22_1991/

James Farmer

http://www.biography.com/people/james-‐farmer-‐21349629

http://www.core-‐online.org/History/james_farmer_bio.htm

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/freedomriders/people/james-‐farmer

http://jamesfarmer.umwblogs.org/links/

Robert Moses

http://mlkkpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_moses_robert_

parris_1935/

http://freedom50.org/moses/

http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/blackspeech/bmoses.html

http://www.pbs.org/now/society/moses.html

John Lewis

https://johnlewis.house.gov/john-‐lewis/biography

http://www.ibiblio.org/sncc/lewis.html

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/civil-‐rights-‐movement/videos/john-‐lewis-‐-‐

civil-‐rights-‐leader

http://www.biography.com/people/john-‐lewis-‐21305903

Pearl Primus

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/freetodance/biographies/primus.html

http://www.danceheritage.org/primus.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/476589/Pearl-‐Primus

http://www.mamboso.net/primus/summary_2.html

Benjamin Banneker

http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-‐banneker-‐9198038

http://www.bnl.gov/bera/activities/globe/banneker.htm

http://www.progress.org/banneker/bb.html

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775682.html

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part2/2p84.html

Booker T. Washington

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/bookertwashington/bookertwashington.html

http://www.biography.com/people/booker-‐t-‐washington-‐9524663#education

http://gardenofpraise.com/ibdbookr.htm

Langston Hughes

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/newyork//laic/episode5/topic2/e5_t2_s3-‐lh.html

http://www.biography.com/people/langston-‐hughes-‐9346313#early-‐life

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dreams-‐2/

Maya Angelou

http://www.mayaangelou.com/biography/

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/maya-‐angelou

http://www.biography.com/people/maya-‐angelou-‐9185388

James Baldwin

http://www.biography.com/people/james-‐baldwin-‐9196635

http://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/go-‐tell-‐it-‐on-‐the-‐mountain/james-‐baldwin-‐

biography

Stokely Carmichael

http://www.biography.com/people/stokely-‐carmichael-‐9238629

http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2014/03/10/287320160/stokely-‐carmichael-‐a-‐

philosopher-‐behind-‐the-‐black-‐power-‐movement

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/16/us/stokely-‐carmichael-‐rights-‐leader-‐who-‐coined-‐

black-‐power-‐dies-‐at-‐57.html

John Hope Franklin

http://www.jhfcenter.org/john-‐hope-‐franklin/

http://www.biography.com/people/john-‐hope-‐franklin-‐9301314#from-‐slavery-‐to-‐

freedom

Billie Holiday

http://www.billieholiday.com

http://kidsmusiccorner.co.uk/composers/jazz/billie-‐holiday/

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_holiday_billie.htm

http://www.biography.com/people/billie-‐holiday-‐9341902#synopsis

Robert Smalls

http://www.robertsmalls.com/history.html

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-‐americans-‐many-‐rivers-‐to-‐cross/history/which-‐slave-‐

sailed-‐himself-‐to-‐freedom/

Dred Scott

http://www.tnhistoryforkids.org/insearchof/dred_scott

http://thedredscottfoundation.org/dredscott.html

http://video.pbs.org/video/2298073069/

Dick Gregory

http://www.visionaryproject.org/gregorydick/

http://www.biography.com/people/dick-‐gregory-‐9320102

James Weldon Johnson

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/james-‐weldon-‐johnson

http://www.naacp.org/pages/naacp-‐history-‐James-‐Weldon-‐Johnson

Louis Armstrong

http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_armstrong_louis.htm

https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org/timeline/time_main.htm

Mildred Delores Loving

http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/vawomen/2014/honoree.htm?bio=Loving

http://life.time.com/history/richard-‐and-‐mildred-‐loving-‐landmark-‐civil-‐rights-‐case-‐

photos/#1

Lena Horne

http://life.time.com/history/richard-‐and-‐mildred-‐loving-‐landmark-‐civil-‐rights-‐case-‐

photos/#1

http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/871171/Lena-‐Horne

Bill Russell

http://www.oaklandyouthfirst.org/bill-‐russell/

http://kut.org/post/how-‐sports-‐played-‐role-‐civil-‐rights-‐movement

Nat Turner

http://www.history.com/topics/black-‐history/nat-‐turner

http://afroamhistory.about.com/od/slavery/a/Nat-‐Turners-‐Rebellion.htm

Richard Wright

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_people_wright.html

http://www.notablebiographies.com/We-‐Z/Wright-‐Richard.html

Odetta Holmes

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Odetta.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/03/arts/music/03odetta.html?pagewanted=all

Jacob Lawrence

http://whitney.org/www/jacoblawrence/meet/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/arts/lawrence.html

Coretta Scott King

http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-‐mrs-‐king

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Jo-‐Ki/King-‐Coretta-‐Scott.html